My brother and I partook one day a long time ago in our own backyard. I ended up altered of mind from the effects of that single joint (marijuana cigarette). My brother, he had to be rushed to the hospital and became incapacitated. The hospital test revealed the lining of his brain had swollen to an abnormal amount. Did he almost die? We did not carry out any further experiments to find out.

On Friday morning, Mike Brown is accused of walking into The Owl Bar in Anaconda and killing four people.

The search for Brown continues.

[His niece] Boyle told MTN that Brown suffered from significant mental health challenges, including schizophrenia and PTSD from serving in the Army. Boyle said Brown moved around a lot and was a military brat, as his father also served.

Boyle told MTN that Brown’s schizophrenia worsened after losing his mother. “Mikee’s decline started really heavily when my grandma passed. The trauma from losing his last parent broke Mikee. The VA said he no longer qualified for assistance with obtaining prescriptions and help.”

Boyle says her family sought help for Brown through both the Montana VA and the Montana State Hospital. “The VA said he no longer qualified for assistance with obtaining prescriptions and help. The Montana State Hospital wouldn’t take him in unless it was a court order."

Sometimes it's the little things that really bring the barbarism home. It's almost as if the food was "bait" allowing the Israeli soldiers to engage in "target practice" or "go fishing?" Can there be anything more hateful than that?

“Yeah, I would just say that at this particular point, Democrats at this point are historically divided. It is a complete and utter mess. It is messier than a hoarder’s basement,” said Enten.”



That sounds about right.

I could not believe my ears when I heard a legitimate news outlet (I only listen to legitimate news outlets, of course) talked about the "Big Beautiful Bill Act." Apparently Democrats tried to rename the law in an amendment so that future generations, overwhelmed by the sheer ugliness, meanness, deliberate cruelty, and evil of the Act would become confused by its being called "beautiful."

We are stuck with this president (or Vance, if he gets nicked by the 25th Amendment) until 2028, but doesn't he mangle the English language enough without redefining the ugly and awful as 'beautiful?'

Happy Sunday, dear brothers and sisters in Christ ✨
Today is the Lord’s Day — a time to worship, reflect, and rejoice in His goodness.

This week, I’ve seen God’s hand in my life in providing for my needs and giving me peace in a storm

I’d love to hear from you: What’s one thing God has done for you this past week that you’re thankful for?

Let’s encourage one another and give God all the glory today! ❤️”

In context, God had rejected Saul from being king over Israel, and he had now chosen David, one of the sons of Jesse to be king, only Samuel did not yet know which son of Jesse that God had chosen. So, when he first looked at Jesse’s son Eliab he thought, “Surely the Lord’s anointed is before Him.”


And this is a very important lesson for us to learn from, too. For so many people do make judgments of other people, for good or for evil, based on outward appearance only, without consideration of who they might be in reality, in heart, in mind, and in soul. For some people are very good at performing in front of an audience, and at giving off whatever impression they want people to believe about them, whether true or not true. And so outwardly they may appear all goodness, but inwardly not be good at all.

Some people who are physically attractive, charming, articulate, well read, intelligent, gifted at public speaking, who may have particular credentials and diplomas which give them credibility, outwardly may appear to be “good Christians.” For they know how to speak the lingo, and they have been instructed in all the right things to do and to say in order to gain popularity among the people. But in reality, they are like the Pharisees. They are hypocrites who profess one thing outwardly, but while they live another.

And then there may be people who are lacking in charm and book smarts and credentials and diplomas, who do not say all the right things to all the right people so that people will like them and follow them. They have no titles before their names which give them credibility in today’s world. They are not well known, not popular, and not public speakers. But they love Jesus with their whole being, and their lives are committed to serving him with their lives. And they may be among the discarded and the rejected.

And so the lesson here for us all is to not make judgments of other people based on things outwardly that appear good, which may not be good. Don’t raise up people with diplomas and certain credentials thinking that they are godly people just because they have a title of “Reverend” or pastor before their names, and they have studied Greek and they have a seminary degree, or just because they are called a missionary, or an elder, or a deacon, etc. Titles don’t make people who they are. What’s in their hearts does.

So, don’t go by appearance and prestige and charm or education and titles. Pray for spiritual discernment when you listen to anyone preach or teach the Scriptures. And test what they are teaching against the Scriptures, taught in their appropriate biblical context. For many preachers these days are teaching Scriptures out of context and are twisting their words to make them say what they do not say if taught in the correct biblical context. And they are leading many people astray with their lies and deceptions. So..

Be students of the Scriptures yourselves, who study them in context, and who are putting the word of God into practice in your daily lives. For the Scriptures do not teach that we can just pray a prayer to receive Christ and now all our sins are forgiven, and we are guaranteed heaven when we die, but regardless of how we live. By faith in Christ, which comes from God, we die to sin and obey his commandments, in practice. But if sin is what we practice, and not obedience to God, we will not inherit eternal life with God.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

For Our Nation

An Original Work / September 11, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Recording Via Gerry Peters, music producer and arranger

Bombs are bursting. Night is falling.
Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.
Trust Him with your life today.
Make Him your Lord and your Savior.
Turn from your sin. Follow Jesus.
He will forgive you of your sin;
Cleanse your heart, made new within.

Men betraying: Our trust fraying.
On our knees to God we’re praying,
Seeking God to give us answers
That are only found in Him.
God is sovereign over all things.
Nothing from His mind escaping.
He has all things under His command,
And will work all for good.

Jesus Christ is gently calling
You to follow Him in all ways.

Men deceiving: We’re believing
In our Lord, and interceding
For our nation and its people
To obey their God today.
He is our hope for our future.
For our wounds He offers suture.
He is all we need for this life.
Trust Him with your life today.

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God Sees Not as Man Sees
An Original Work / August 3, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

This channel is moving up into my top favorite group. Being fair to all sides is rare and refreshing.
This one, as the thread title indicates, is about how we are influenced into what we think about Orthodoxy in Russia, media perception vs reality on the ground. This nails how we “know” what we know in terms of learning from media reports.

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Because not everyone is able to meet their partner. Sure you can argue the genesis mandate but that's old testament, they're enough unbelievers for you to convert, you need not your own bloodline to be Christian.

Also there's also practical issue like can't meet with someone you're into. By that it's ok to stay single. It makes no sense for the sake of being married you marry someone you're not interested in.

Pirro's appointment marks a notable shift from Martin, who lacked prosecutorial experience, to someone with extensive courtroom background. Her confirmation also highlights ongoing tensions within the Republican party regarding January 6th-related issues and candidate qualifications.
A no-nonsense prosecutor.

SPENCER: The prime minister, defense minister, the chief of staff saying, our fight is not with the people of Gaza. It is with Hamas. And all the mountain of evidence of what Israel is doing to preserve infrastructure, civilian life, to provide services - both medical. I mean, the number of field hospitals, the number of water pipes, the amount of aid. All of these things are contradictions.

We have to get past the propaganda, such as that New York Times photo of that baby supposedly being starved in Gaza who really was a child with cystic fibrosis.

In honor of the upcoming UN push to recognize a Palestinian state in September, I thought I would post some relevant passages.

So we have the reference to the 'dividing up of my land' which would correlate to the Palestinian state.

What does Tyre and the Greeks have to do with it?

Let's recall that most of the book of Joel is talking about 'locusts' and an invading army.

These 'locusts' succeed in cutting off the daily sacrifices/ daily offerings just as Dan 12:11 describes: And from the time the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation set up, there will be 1,290 days.

This is the attack of the Assyrian, who is a 'hired razor', hired by God, to attack Israel under God's command so as to punish.


Something to keep in mind as we go forward here is that although the locusts of the 5th Trumpet lasts 5 months (Rev 9:5), the locusts throughout the end times story lasts for multiple years.


So for example, when we see that the nations are trampling Jerusalem in Rev 11:2, this is part of those 'years of locusts' experience.

Tyre is the 'angel' ruler of Tyre that calls himself God. [Note that this first part is for the 'prince of Tyre' and the 2nd part is for the king of Tyre: is this father & son, different stages of the same person, it's unclear.]


It is Tyre who 'sells Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks'.


Just in these 2 verses, we see the 'uncircumcised foreigners' (very obviously bad people) that are 'trampling the outer courts' (Rev 11:2) and then the 'breaking of the covenant' (part of which is the very presence of these foreigners which we see in Rev 11:2).

Additionally we see the 'appointing of others to keep charge of God's sanctuary'. So when Joel says that Tyre 'sells Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks', it is this act of 'appointing others to keep charge of the sanctuary.' It is the same act as this in Revelation 13:2:


This is how Daniel 7:11-12 describes it:


It is the Dan 7 4th Beast/ Little Horn who has control of the saints for a 'time, times, half a time' (Dan 7:25), that's why he is able to 'sell Judah and Jerusalem' off.

The Daniel 7 4th beast (who is Tyre, the Daniel 7 Little Horn) who has control of the saints for 3.5 years (the time of the 2 witnesses) and then dies, and then the 'rest of the beasts' (which is to say the 'lion, bear, leopard' which are the same exact three animals mentioned in Rev 13:2) are given an extension. The 'leopard' of Daniel 7 corresponds to Greece, the 'Greeks that Tyre [the Daniel 7 4th Beast, Little Horn] has sold Judah and Jerusalem off to. The Leopard of the Rev 13:2 Beast from the Sea coalition is Greece, the Greeks that Tyre, the Dan 7 Little Horn, has sold Judah and Jerusalem off to. (A standard understanding of the Dan 7 Beasts would be: Lion = Babylon, Bear = Medes/ Persians, Leopard = Greece, 4th Beast = Rome.)

Putting it all together:
The locusts/ army of the Assyrian attack Israel (at the start of the Trumpets and are the same 'locusts' as in the 5th Trumpet).

They succeed in placing the abomination of desolation 5 months later at the 6th Trumpet which is the 'start of the great tribulation' in Matt 24:15. Same time frame as Luke 21:20: But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near.

This is the time period of Daniel 9:26 Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed. The Assyrian and his army are the 'people of Tyre', the prince who is coming in 30 days.

30 days later after this start, then: Matt 24:

This time period is 'cut short' to 30 days and then comes a 'false Christ' we are told could even deceive the elect. And that would be the Revelation 10 'Mighty Angel' who is 'the angel' ruler of Tyre ('guardian cherub' of Ezek 28:14). This 'mighty angel' is 'swearing an oath to heaven' (Rev 10:5-6) which is the manner by which the Dan 9:27 covenant is confirmed.



Tyre (the Rev 10 Mighty Angel) confirms the covenant and breaks it 1260 days later at the 7th Trumpet whereby he 'sells Judah and Jerusalem off to the Greeks' - which is to say, the dragon sells the saints that he had possession of for a time, times, half time (the 1260 days of the 2 witnesses) over to the Leopard of the Rev 13 Beast from the Sea.

Perhaps Democrats should listen to John Fetterman and Bill Maher more.

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Please pray that the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, is guided by The Holy Spirit regarding whether he should resign or stay in office:

Have you ever been through a season where it felt like every prayer was just hitting the ceiling?
I have. And I learned something beautiful in that season: sometimes God calms the storm… and sometimes He calms His child in the storm.
A few months ago, I was walking through what felt like the darkest valley of my life. I prayed, I fasted, I cried—but the situation didn’t change immediately. What changed first… was me.
God strengthened me in ways I didn’t expect.
He surrounded me with people who prayed for me when I couldn’t even pray for myself.
He reminded me that His presence was more powerful than my problem.
It was in those moments I understood Psalm 46:1:

“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”

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If you’re reading this and you’re in a storm, hold on.
It may not make sense now, but one day you’ll look back and see how God used even this season for your good.
Have you ever had God strengthen you in the middle of a storm? I’d love to hear your testimony.

There is a lot of talk about spiritual warfare these days (ie – warfare against demons and the kingdom of darkness). And a lot of suggestions about how to wage spiritual war and what weapons to use. I had a dream awhile back in which I am given a rifle that had two bullets in it — and in the dream, I am told that with these bullets I can hold off a lot of enemies. The two bullets were humility and obedience.

Yes, things like targeted intercession and fasting can be very helpful in fighting against forces of darkness and extending the Kingdom of God — but we must never lose sight of how important and effective such “simple” (and profound) things as Godly character and obedience are.

Jesus, when He was referring to the devil, said “the ruler of this world is coming, and he has nothing in Me.” (John 14:30) What He was saying is that there was no area of compromise in His heart or life that the enemy could use against Him. And when we walk in humility and obedience to the Holy Spirit, our hearts are like strong towers that the enemy cannot penetrate.

“Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.” (1 Peter 5:6-9)

If we are going to be sharing with others the truth of the gospel of Christ and the truth of the Scriptures, we need to make certain that we are getting our truth from the Scriptures, and not just from human beings, no matter how famous they may be. For the Scriptures teach that God will also speak to us through the Holy Spirit.

In a direct effort to address decades of neglect, Trump signed the VA Home Loan Program Reform Act—legislation that grants the Department of Veterans Affairs new authority to intervene when a veteran is at risk of losing their home.
For the first time in years, the federal government is not merely speaking about supporting veterans—it is taking measurable action.

This has good bi-partisan support, I hope the Democrats will continue such support.

It's always been a quandary to deal with President Trump's constant lying as we try to determine whether he knows he's lying or whether he believes the obviously untrue things he says. Is it 25th Amendment time yet?

Direct to consumer!

Donor List Suggests Scale of Trump’s Pay-for-Access Operation


MAGA, Inc. sounds vaguely mafia-ish.

Hamas knows exactly what it is doing. Starvation is a bargaining chip; the emaciated hostage is a living press release.​

Realize that the people of Gaza continue to allow Hamas to rule.

Sometimes celebrities are right, sometimes they are wrong. In this case I'm not on board. I do think the passage of time is real.

Some people might be obsessed with time, but Mariah Carey thinks the concept is nothing more than a thing of fantasy.

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Mariah Carey Still Refuses to Acknowledge the Passage of Time: ‘I Just Don’t Believe in It’

The lithium batteries on one of the vehicles on board caught fire---leading to the loss of the entire ship, along with 3,000 electric cars as it went straight to the bottom.

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The False Promises of Electric Vehicles Are Being Exposed

From range anxiety to container ship disasters, the reality is dispelling the hype.

www.climateskeptic.org

02 August 2025 – Pakistan​

Pray for Nabeela and Angelica, the wife and daughter of Ishfaq Masih, who has been imprisoned for blasphemy since 2017. He was sentenced to death in 2022. Please pray that the appeal against this sentence would succeed.

01 August 2025 – Pakistan​

Pray for Nawab Bibi, the wife of Zafar Bhatti, who is imprisoned for his faith (see Voice, July-Sept 2024). Nawab’s health is poor and she needs substantial care and support.

31 July 2025 – Uganda​

Pray for the untold number of Christians who have received death threats and suffered violence for leading Muslims to Christ. Pray that God would give believers wisdom and protection as they share the gospel.

30 July 2025 – Uganda​

Pray for the children and friends of Nasiimu Mirembe, who was stabbed to death by her husband two days after becoming a Christian in March. Nasiimu’s six children range in age from 3 to 18. She was 41 years old.

29 July 2025 – Uganda​

Pray for an end to the increasing violence perpetrated by hardline Muslims in eastern Uganda. Earlier this year an evangelist, Robert Kasozi, also known as Mulokole, was beaten and stabbed after he and his team led a widow to Christ during an open-air gospel meeting. Pray for the three co-workers who were also beaten.

28 July 2025 – Egypt​

Praise God for those in Egypt who seek to share the love of Christ often in hostile environments. Pray that He will be their shield.

27 July 2025 – Egypt​

Give thanks to God that two Christian converts who were locked in an Egyptian prison and held for three years without trial have been released. Pray for continued protection for Abdulbaqi Saeed Abdo and Nour Girgis.